CISCO-DOT3-OAM-MIB

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Organization: Cisco Systems, Inc

Last Updated: 2006-05-31

Category: Cisco Devices, Network Interfaces

Description: Manages IEEE 802.3ah Ethernet OAM on Cisco devices, monitoring OAM discovery, link events, and remote loopback operations.

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What Is CISCO-DOT3-OAM-MIB?

CISCO-DOT3-OAM-MIB implements management of IEEE 802.3ah Ethernet OAM (Operations, Administration, and Maintenance) features on Cisco switches and routers, covering Ethernet-in-the-First-Mile link monitoring. It exposes configuration data (admin state, OAM mode, max PDU size), operational status (operational state, functions supported), and peer discovery information (peer MAC address, vendor OUI), along with fault notifications for link events. It is explicitly useful for monitoring the software/link-layer health of a device: cdot3OamOperStatus reveals whether OAM discovery has completed and the link is being actively monitored, and the notification objects surface remote loopback and link fault events as they occur. This MIB is an extension of the IEEE 802.3ah/802.3-2005 standard, so it depends conceptually on that standard's OAM PDU model even though it is a Cisco-specific implementation. It is typically deployed on Cisco Ethernet access/aggregation devices at metro or first-mile network boundaries where OAM is used to detect and diagnose link faults remotely. Network engineers evaluating or troubleshooting this functionality can download the CISCO-DOT3-OAM-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in CISCO-DOT3-OAM-MIB. Use the built-in SNMP Monitoring Browser to explore available variables, view their current values and descriptions, and select the objects you want to monitor. You can then create SNMP monitors, configure thresholds, and receive alerts when monitored values change.

Supported Devices

  • Cisco switches
  • Cisco routers

Monitoring Examples

An administrator would poll cdot3OamTable/cdot3OamEntry to check cdot3OamAdminState and cdot3OamOperStatus per interface, confirming OAM discovery succeeded, and inspect cdot3OamPeerTable/cdot3OamPeerEntry for cdot3OamPeerMacAddress and cdot3OamPeerVendorOui to verify the correct remote device was discovered. Receiving a trap from cdot3OamNotifications alongside an operational status change would indicate a link fault or loss of OAM peering that needs investigation.

What Can Be Monitored

  • OAM admin/operational state per interface
  • OAM discovery mode and max PDU size
  • peer MAC address and vendor OUI
  • link fault/loopback notifications
  • functions supported by remote OAM peer
Imported Objects

From CISCO-SMI

ciscoExperimentOBJECT-IDENTITY

From HCNUM-TC

CounterBasedGauge64

From IF-MIB

ifIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

MacAddress
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TimeStamp
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using cdot3OamInformationTx OID:

Select a Cisco switches and router (802.3ah Ethernet OAM) as the target host to create a monitor — the SNMP service should be up and running on it. Click New Monitor, then check SNMP Custom on the Favorites tab, click Next, and confirm the host. On the next page, click Select... to open the built-in SNMP MIB Browser and type cdot3OamInformationTx into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, selecting the specific row/instance you want to monitor since this is a table column, then select it and click OK. It reports a count of the number of Information OAMPDUs transmitted on this interface. On the monitor's Main parameters page you can set the target's SNMP port (default 161), credentials, polling interval, and other settings — see the SNMP Monitor help for details. On the State conditions and Alerting tabs, configure when the monitor should change state and trigger an alert; since this is a Counter32-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if the counter increases sharply between polls relative to its normal baseline (in frames), since an unexpected spike often reflects a real change in traffic or activity. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.
OIDs

RFC description

Cisco MIB for IEEE 802.3ah Ethernet OAM (Operations, Administration, Maintenance) features on Ethernet interfaces.

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